Posts tagged colorado

• No Colorado DUI for Pot Use

  Linda Chalat | May 15, 2012 5:41 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A bill that would have set a limit on a driver’s allowable blood level of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, was killed in the Senate during the special session. After the...

• Restrictions Result in Fewer Deaths for 16 Year Olds

  Linda Chalat | September 14, 2011 12:50 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new nationwide study has found that strong driver's-license laws have led to fewer fatal crashes among 16-year-olds, but also may have contributed to more fatal accidents among 18-year-olds. Many...

• Finally! Federal Court for District of Colorado Has New Judge, Full Bench

  Linda Chalat | August 03, 2011 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Judge R. Brooke Jackson's nomination to the federal bench in Colorado, finally filling the second of two Colorado vacancies deemed judicial emergencies...

• Removal of Damages Caps Bill Advancing

  Linda Chalat | February 11, 2011 5:35 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A mother has made it her mission to make drunk drivers pay for the pain their accidents may cause. She’s backing a bill that would put anyone convicted of a DUI on the hook not only for their...

• Colorado Secretary of State Will Not Moonlight

  Linda Chalat | February 04, 2011 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In a follow up to a post last week, Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced this past Tuesday that he dropped plans to moonlight for his old law firm. Not because he was uncomfortable about...

• Moonlighting Colorado Elected Officials

  Linda Chalat | January 27, 2011 5:41 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The newly elected Colorado secretary of state says his $68,500 annual salary represents a pay cut of more than 50 percent from his old law firm job. So Scott Gessler, a Republican, plans to continue...

• New Laws with the New Year

  Linda Chalat | December 27, 2010 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  With the new year comes a handful of new laws in Colorado – nineteen new laws taking full or partial effect in the new year. Most new laws typically go into effect in August, 90 days after the...

• Deaths While In Custody Unexplained

  Linda Chalat | September 13, 2010 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Marvin Booker died while in custody, and following the official investigation, his death was ruled a homicide. Booker died in a well-lit room in full view of inmates and workers. Cameras recorded...

• Three Colorado Motorcycle Deaths in 24 Hours

  Linda Chalat | August 31, 2010 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle driver was killed in a two-vehicle crash yesterday morning on a mountain highway west of Denver. The fatal crash happened when a woman driving a Kia Rio pulled out of Goddard Ranch...

• Colorado Has a New U.S. Attorney

  Linda Chalat | August 16, 2010 9:06 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Today Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel swore in John Walsh as the U.S.Attorney for the state of Colorado. The 48-year-old Walsh was an assistant federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and a member...